Strange Communication

by Is Bliss

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1.	Belong 07:39	buy track
2.	Can't Sleep Forever 04:24	buy track
3.	All I See Is You 03:37	buy track
4.	Fall 06:29	buy track
5.	Wonder 04:08	buy track
6.	I Tried 05:19	buy track
7.	What To Believe 04:55	buy track
8.	Lost Thoughts 07:41	buy track

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On ‘Strange Communication’, Is Bliss paint a sprawling sonic picture. Opening with the impressive grandeur of ‘Belong’, the hypnotically charged reverberations of ‘Can’t Sleep Forever’ incite a drug-induced cataclysm. An emotional rawness can be heard in Jimmy Stuart’s passioned vocal and it sets the tone for ‘Strange Communication’. This is the sound of an individual desperate to say afloat as chaos ensues all around.

Melodic new single ‘All I See Is You’ is an intimate and confessional tale of love and heartbreak while the mesmeric ‘Fall’ evokes ‘A Storm in Heaven’ era Verve, fizzing with effervescent guitars and blissed out shoegaze.

Sitar and layers of droning instrumentation create a psychedelic paradise on the visceral ‘Wonder’ while the album pace is picked up a notch once more with ‘What To Believe’, a near-perfect amalgam of explosive sound before the reverb-charged ‘Lost Thoughts’ brings a close to the album.

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released June 7, 2019

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Is Bliss Portsmouth, UK

Formed via a shared love of Slowdive, Spacemen 3 and Verve, their incendiary live shows have caused a stir across the underground psych scene which has led to a swift rise for the band having formed in late 2015.
Is Bliss are Jimmy Stuart (vox, guitar), Dean Edwards (bass) and Sam Speakman (drums). ... more

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